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People want to know how pesticide use could affect them. Residents who live near farm fields, people who buy fresh produce, people who contract with lawn and tree care companies, members of your family and even you may be interested......

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal court to force Navistar to release documents it believes the company "improperly redacted and withheld as privileged" in response to a fraud investigation.
The 42-page complaint also brings to...

Gardening in a city like Allentown can be challenging: the soil may not be suitable, water and sunlight may not be accessible and space may be limited.
But the Rodale Institute, the Maxatawny Township nonprofit dedicated to pioneering organic farming...

Dan Rodricks reminds us that care for the environment used to be a bipartisan affair ("Hogan missed dad's lesson on pollution," Jan. 27). At his inauguration, Maryland's new governor rightly praised his former-Congressman father (Lawrence J. Hogan Sr.)...

Tu B'Shevat, a little known Jewish holiday with Biblical roots, has become a time for environmental awareness both within the Jewish community and beyond.
A community wide celebration sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) will give children a...

Officials in Winnetka are expected to soon unveil the results of a consultant's water quality testing study – a $125,000 project launched in anticipation of seeking approval from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for building the village'...

For years, animal activists have campaigned to free a killer whale that was captured from Puget Sound waters in 1970 and has been performing at Miami Seaquarium in Florida for over four decades.
They say the orca known as Lolita belongs to a small...

Exide Technologies is in trouble again with state environmental regulators who on Wednesday cited the Vernon battery recycler for eight hazardous-waste violations.
Inspections last week by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control found...

It was supposed to be a major Chinese foothold for doing business in Latin America, the largest venue for selling Chinese goods in the Western Hemisphere.
The multimillion-dollar Dragon Mart mega-mall would cover nearly 1,400 acres two miles from the...

I am a 79-year-old retired assistant superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and a former resident of Dundalk. I lived and worked in the Dundalk area for over 50 years. Though I am retired, I was active in Dundalk leading community projects...

HARTFORD — A new round of contaminant testing was conducted over the past week to determine how traces of toxic chemicals seeped into the air at Clark Elementary School, Superintendent Beth Schiavino-Narvaez said Tuesday night.
After the recent...